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The Year My Voice Broke (1987)
Danny (Noah Taylor) is a gawky 15-year-old, in love with his best friend, the beautiful and free-spirited Freya (Loene Carmen). They’re misfits in a country town in NSW in 1962. When Freya falls for Trevor (Ben Mendelsohn), football star ... [read more]
Blue Water High – Winners and Losers (2005)
Six lucky Australian teenage surfers have fought hard to win a place in an intensive, 12-month residential surfing and schooling program at Solar Blue Surf Academy on Sydney’s northern beaches. The last minute inclusion of the unknown German kiteboarder Anna ... [read more]
Christmas Crackers (1945)
In December 1945 Mrs Isabel Sprod awaits the return of her three sons and son-in-law from the war. Her daughter Kathleen and granddaughter Jill also prepare for the homecoming. This amateur film made by John Sprod re-enacts a reunion ... [read more]
The Foundation 1963–1977 (2002)
A documentary that intercuts interviews with historical footage to tell the history of The Foundation of Aboriginal Affairs, an organisation significant in the push for the 1967 referendum in which Aboriginal peoples were given the vote. [read more]
Ningla A-Na (1972)
Framed within an international human rights context, Ningla A-Na (Hungry for Land) begins with an excerpt from the International Labour Organisation Convention 1947 printed on the screen. This is followed by a statement from an Amnesty International report (1965) outlining ... [read more]
The Felt Hat (1951)
A short murder-mystery made by the South Australian Amateur Cine Society (SAACS) and directed by John (CJ) Mack. A man lies dying on the side of a riverbed deep in the bush. A couple picnicking nearby witness the ... [read more]
Round the Twist – Series Two – Next Time Round (1992)
Pete has been hypnotised by Linda and every time someone says the word 'now’ he behaves like a chicken for ten seconds. Unfortunately, Linda can’t undo the hypnosis so Pete gets into some serious trouble at school. [read more]
Homelands: View from the Edge (1993)
This documentary by filmmaker Tom Zubrycki follows the Robles family – Carlos, Maria and their four daughters – who came to Melbourne as refugees from El Salvador in the mid 1980s. Now that the fighting has stopped in their home ... [read more]
A Big Country – The White Rose (1979)
Frank Bourke is ‘The White Rose’ – the dance band known and loved throughout country New South Wales. [read more]
The Quiet Room (1996)
A seven-year-old girl (Chloe Ferguson) refuses to speak. We hear her thoughts in a constant and perceptive monologue, but she will not talk to her parents (Celine O’Leary and Paul Blackwell). A series of flashbacks shows that their increasingly vicious ... [read more]
The Book Show – Peter Carey (1992)
In this week’s edition of The Book Show, Dinny O’Hearn and Andrea Stretton introduce the show from the Reading Room of the State Library of Victoria. The program begins with an interview with Peter Carey, whose then latest book The ... [read more]
The Last Whale (1994)
The documentary was produced to promote a ban on whaling worldwide. Greenpeace and other organisations want the killing of all whales to stop. Japan and Norway argue that research has shown that the minke whale can be harvested without endangering ... [read more]
The Djarn Djarns (2005)
A short drama about a group of Indigenous boys who become each other’s family following the death of Franky’s (Hunter Page) father. [read more]
Endurance (1933)
The documentary footage taken by Frank Hurley during the Antarctic expedition led by Ernest Shackleton on a ship called Endurance in 1914-16 is bookended with a simple plot featuring a young boy who is eager to hear the dramatic story ... [read more]
Holmes, Mr WGA: Locals Cool Off at the Weir, Theodore (c1940)
This home movie filmed by WGA Holmes contains 17 segments filmed between 1940 and 1953 mostly in and around Theodore, Queensland. It includes footage of people bathing at the Theodore weir; mechanical and manual cotton harvesting; and beekeeping and ... [read more]
Bread and Dripping (1981)
Four women recall raising families during the Great Depression of the late 1920s and 1930s. The interviews are intercut with historical footage of the living conditions of both white and Indigenous families and footage showing events of the time such ... [read more]
Aeroplane Pure Fruit Jellies Advertisement: Bertie the Jet (1954)
This animated cinema advertisement for Aeroplane Pure Fruit Jellies shows Bertie the Jet taking part in a popularity air race around Australia. The secret to his energy and stamina is Aeroplane Jelly. [read more]
Bungalung: A Dreaming of Cannibals (2007)
Young men re-enact the Bungalung story as told by Anmatjere elders Patsy and Jane Briscoe. The film depicts the battle between two young men and the demon Bungalung in the Dreamtime. The two young men challenge and defeat Bungalung and ... [read more]
Ken Howard Calls the Melbourne Cup (1941)
In this recording from 1941, sports broadcaster Ken Howard calls the Melbourne Cup. [read more]
Warringah Expressway (1969)
A public relations film made for the New South Wales Department of Main Roads (DMR) by Kingcroft Productions which documents the planning, construction and completion of the first stage of the Warringah Expressway from the northern approach of the ... [read more]
